365 Days of Tacos: Week 24 roundup

Taco of the Week: Taco Estilo GTO with beef, chorizo, grilled onions and nopales on a handmade corn tortilla from Las Sabrosas de Guanajuato.

Taco of the Week: Taco Estilo GTO with beef, chorizo, grilled onions and nopales on a handmade corn tortilla from Las Sabrosas de Guanajuato.

Photo: Mike Sutter /San Antonio Express-News

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Taco of the Week: Taco Estilo GTO with beef, chorizo, grilled onions and nopales on a handmade corn tortilla from Las Sabrosas de Guanajuato.

Taco of the Week: Taco Estilo GTO with beef, chorizo, grilled onions and nopales on a handmade corn tortilla from Las Sabrosas de Guanajuato.

Photo: Mike Sutter /San Antonio Express-News

365 Days of Tacos: Week 24 roundup

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Editor’s note: Today we look back at Week 24 of 365 Days of Tacos, in which food writer and restaurant critic Mike Sutter reports on a different taquería, restaurant or truck every day on our subscriber site,ExpressNews.com/Tacos. Sign up for our taco newsletter while you’re there.

Taco of the Week

Taco Estilo GTO, Las Sabrosas de Guanajuato. Grilled beef, lean chorizo, sweet onions and sauteed nopales come together for the Taco Estilo GTO, with a full spectrum of sweetness, acidity and fatty indulgence. Not a bad day’s work for $2.60.

Taquería La Perla de Jalisco: There’s a lot of new retail construction at this semi-rural meets semi-suburban crossroads, and this taquería is in the right place to capitalize on it, with cold beer and the Jalisco pantheon of tacos, tortas, caldos, combo grill plates and breakfast. Featured taco: Chicken fajita. 2255 SE Military Drive, 210-532-5550, Facebook: Taqueria La Perla de Jalisco

Las Sabrosas De Guanajuato: The cafe itself — dressed in deep red and yellow with a brick oven behind the register — could be a pizzeria as easily as a taquería, but there’s no mistaking the Guanajuato sense of pride and place. Featured taco: Taco Estilo GTO. 6825 San Pedro Ave., 210-785-9211, Facebook: Las Sabrosas de Guanajuato

Sabor CocinaBar: Sabor took over the former Olmos Park home of Mezcalería Mixtli. It’s not a taquería as such, but breakfast tacos are part of the morning tapestry. Then the lunch menu kicks in with enchiladas, ceviche, grilled chicken and more tacos. Featured taco: Baja taco de camarón. 5313 McCullough Ave., 210-314-7760, saborcocinabar.com

Brothers Taco House: God’s a taco god, if Brothers has anything to say about it. And it says it. A lot. On the front door, on the menu, on the side of the building: “Thank God for Tacos.” Featured taco: Country sausage a la mexicana. 375 Hawthorne St., Suite 2, 210-533-5566, Facebook: Brothers Taco House

El Potosino Mexican Restaurant #2: More like a nightclub than a taquería. The big draw must be a waitstaff in tiny shorts, because it can’t possibly be the substandard tacos drawing people to this old mission-style Taco Bell building. Featured taco: Carne asada a la mexicana. 7243 San Pedro Ave., 210-349-6625, no web presence